Dow Jones component The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) saw its stock move 1.46% to $180.34, representing a per-share move of $2.59, on volume of 1.54 million shares for Tuesday.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. currently has a total float of 426.54 million shares and moves 3 million a day, on average. The stock opened at $178.90 on December 22 and traded between a low of $177.05 and a high of $180.47. The stock now has a 50-day SMA of $186.89 and 200-day SMA of $193.99, and it has a high of $218.77 and low of $167.49 over the last year.

Based out of New York, NY, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has 36,900 employees and is helmed by CEO Michael S. Sherwood / Lloyd C. Blankfein.

For a deeper dive into the fundamentals of The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., check out equities.com’s E.V.A. report for GS.

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